Up the Pacific Coast!

So up we went through the entire state of California (6 hours)! We saw so many mountains and oil fields and orchards and of course vineyards! We spent a whole saturday driving through the state. By the way, have I mentioned how awesome our GPS is?!



We finally made it to Monterey, CA where we had plans to stay for two nights. We how a nice hotel on the hill and had dinner at Fisherman's Warf that night! We went out on the Pier at sunset and it was so beautiful and COLD! We both bought new 5-1 (ask AJ all the 5 different styles you can make with them) jackets! They were a life saver in Cannary Row and Lake Tahoe! We walked out on the peir and every resturant had a man out front serving little samples of the resturants soup! It was so cold, AJ kept going to each one for a sample and found out he loves clam chowder! Probably because it was nice a hot on a cold night. Actually, once we got to the end of the peir we picked that resturant and AJ ordered a HUGE bowl of clam chowder for an appitizer and he didn't finish it because of the rubbery things in it! HA! I told him those were clams and he made me finish it. He's so wonderful! He, he!We also went bike riding on the bike path that goes along the Big Sur! It's called the 17-mile drive and it goes around Pebble Beach as well (a famous golf course). We saw Sea lions again, and saw amazing coast line! When we actually drove down the Big Sur, we got out every 100 feet to take a picture! Everything was so beautiful and looked completely amazing! Bright blue water, the surf crashing against the rocky coastline, it was just like the movies!!

It was so windy as you can tell in some of these pictures, but still amazing! We also saw the little town of Carmel. Tons of little stores and shops, mostly designer. In other words, we didn't go shopping at all, knowing me/us. We even went down to the steep beach of Carmel on the Sea and saw the pacific ocean at sunset! Just blue water as far as the eye can see!

The pictures of AJ and I close up and taken at an angle are for my brother who enjoys those types of candid shots the most! ;o)

The next leg of the trip was to San Francisco! It is about a 1.5 hour trip north from Monterey. That next post is on it's way! Stay tuned!! (Sorry, no spell check on this post either, Melissa, I can't break my trend now!)